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[quote=Anonymous]Regardless of summer brain drain, the one thing that is true is that national test dates remain the same- so AP and SAT scores will decrease because there will be fewer days to prep and fewer breaks to "settle" the brains for learning. MD used to lead the area with earlier start dates and it will reflect in these test scores- so it will be interesting to see how this plays out.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/larry-hogans-school-schedule-intervention-gets-a-fix--but-not-enough-of-one/2018/03/31/5f686fa8-343e-11e8-94fa-32d48460b955_story.html?utm_term=.82c1c9292b7f

The other thing is that though I understand the novelty of this schedule, this is not going to increase "ocean city" vacation time. What it will do is increase the number of days teachers will take off as being sick will substitute for "planning days" and will increase the number of weeks kids go to summer camps.

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I live in VA. We're seeing schools go over the King's Dominion ruling here by having more "snow days" and building extreme weather a lot more into the schedule. I think next year Stafford County is starting school on August 12 and ending BEFORE JUNE 1st. I see parents looking into booking earlier vacations in June and finding it easier to deal with camps/child care because they don't have to find child care in the last few weeks of August, which can be hard because college students return to their campuses. So the Hogan calendar thing is not just a testing issue for families in MD: it will effect their ability to travel and care for their kids. If you have to find extra money for summer camp/care, you won't be able to pay for that OC beach vacation.

Moreover, without Spring Break, OCs spring business will plummet. Spring Break in OC is big business, but for us VA people, we go farther south to avoid MD crowds. I don't think that will change for VA crowds, but without MD crows, it will be devastating for their economy.[/quote]

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